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Texas lawsuit over drugs and vaccines provided by insurers ends with a win for the government — and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. LA Times
VOA VIEW: The big win was for America.
Roger Hutson said he's no MAGA acolyte. But Trump's delivery on promises on immigration, Iran and other issues have put the Denver oil and gas executive squarely behind the president. LA Times
VOA VIEW: It takes a big man to admit he was wrong.
Trump wants to impose a 25% tariff on South Korea, but it's been postponed. Will three more weeks be enough time to negotiate? Will there be another extension? LA Times
VOA VIEW: Extensions are a sign of weakness.

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TSA is now allowing people to keep their shoes on during a security screening at some airports. It is not clear when that policy takes effect at LAX. LA Times
The Supreme Court's conservatives said it was a federal judge in San Francisco, not President Trump, who exceeded her authority. LA Times
VOA VIEW: Federal judges do not have authority over the president.
Holding signs saying 'gringo go home' and 'no tourists,' Mexico City residents took to the streets to complain about what they say is the gentrification of their city. LA Times
Hamas has rejected a 60-day Gaza ceasefire proposal, a senior official in Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office told reporters Saturday. New York Post
VOA VIEW: Hamas has no power to make any deal.
The president’s supporters portray him as a top dealmaker. But, at least for now, far more trading partners have gotten stiff tariffs than trade deals. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Liberal media stupidity.
In last month’s decision limiting one judicial tool, universal injunctions, the court seemed to invite lower courts to use class actions as an alternative. New York Times
VOA VIEW: All liberal fools.

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Is the “America Party” a disruption or distraction for politics? New York Times
VOA VIEW: Musk is acting like a baby.
President Donald Trump has defended Attorney General Pam Bondi following backlash over the Department of Justice’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. OANN
VOA VIEW: Time will tell the truth.
A man from Texas has been taken into custody after allegedly posting threats directed at President Donald Trump on Facebook in advance of Trump’s scheduled visit to Kerrville. OANN
VOA VIEW: Fool!
Representative Jasmine Crockett has suggested that most people vote the “wrong way” due to a lack of education. OANN
VOA VIEW: She is an idiot.

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U.S. customs duty collections surged again back in June as President Donald Trump’s tariffs gained momentum, surpassing $100 billion for the first time in a fiscal year. This helps generate a whopping $27 billion budget surplus for the month, the Treasury Department stated on Friday. OANN
VOA VIEW: It is working and Trump is right.
President Donald Trump has pledged to deport "the worst of the worst." He frequently speaks at public appearances about the countless "dangerous criminals" - among them murderers, rapists and child predators - from around the world he says entered the U.S. illegally under the Biden administration. He promises to expel millions of migrants in the largest deportation program in American history to protect law-abiding citizens from the violent threats he says they pose. Washington Times
The Secret Service obtained classified intelligence information about a threat to President Trump 10 days before an attempt on his life at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, but failed to share it with its agents and law enforcement partners in charge of securing the event. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Some SS personal must be punished.

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At the brand new Everglades immigration detention center that officials have dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," people held there say worms turn up in the food. Toilets don't flush, flooding floors with fecal waste, and mosquitoes and other insects are everywhere. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: False complaints.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has withdrawn the nomination of Rear Adm. Michael "Buzz" Donnelly to lead the Navy's Japan-based 7th Fleet and a promotion to three-star vice admiral, a senior defense official said Friday. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Appropriate!
A divided federal appeals court on Friday threw out an agreement that would have allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him the risk of execution for al Qaeda's 2001 attacks. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Good!
A new study estimates that millions more Americans are using nicotine vapes and cannabis in states that have legalized recreational marijuana, worrying experts who warn that the drug is stronger and more dangerous than in the past. Washington Times
The Education Department will resume collecting interest on federal student loans next month, canceling the last part of a Biden administration debt forgiveness scheme that courts have ruled illegal. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: It's time.

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Thursday that "the state of our democracy" keeps her awake at night. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: The opposite is more factual - she should resign.
Palestinian-American Saifullah Kamel Musallet, 20, was visiting family in the West Bank when he was beaten to death by Israeli settlers, his family told CBS News. CBS
Trump surveys deadly storm damage in Texas; Reflecting on the selfless heroism shown during the Texas floods CBS
VOA VIEW: Good deed.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency included Camp Mystic in a "Special Flood Hazard Area" in its National Flood Insurance map for Kerr County, Texas, in 2011. CBS
The two have criticized each other publicly for years, an often bitter back-and-forth that predates President Trump's involvement in politics. CBS
Recent deadly flash floods in Texas, North Carolina and New Mexico have highlighted the importance of early warning systems for extreme weather–and in some cases, how system failures could lead to disaster. CBS
President Trump sent tariff letters to more than 20 countries urging them to reach trade deals with the U.S. by Aug. 1, further escalating threats to partners including Canada. Trump also announced a 50% tariff on copper imports. CBS
VOA VIEW: Good!
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop its sweeping California immigration raids, which continue to spark both protest and concern in communities. CBS
VOA VIEW: The judge does not have the authority to stop the raids.
The central bank is quietly pushing back with a new "Frequently Asked Questions" page on its website defending the central bank's renovation. CNBC
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought spoke Friday on CNBC's "Squawk Box." CNBC
VOA VIEW: Powell is an idiot.
Last month saw a surplus of a little more than $27 billion, following a $316 billion deficit in May. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Thanks to Trump.
A 200% tariff rate — even with a delay — will have a detrimental effect on drug prices and profit margins, analysts warn. CNBC
President Donald Trump granted ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, a third extension on time to sell off its U.S. TikTok operations. CNBC
VOA VIEW: TikTok has to be banned.
Trump’s "big beautiful bill" includes a temporary $40,000 SALT deduction cap. But the phaseout could trigger a tax surprise for some higher earners. CNBC
Ryan Routh, the accused would-be assassin of President Donald Trump, has asking why the death penalty isn’t on the table and proposed that he be included in a prisoner swap with U.S. adversaries Iran, Hamas and Russia. FOX News
Five illegal immigrants with convictions ranging from murder to child sexual abuse were arrested by DHS as the Trump administration faces challenges from blue city officials. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Blue cities are a detriment to the nation.
Poland on Saturday scrambled fighter jets in response to Russian military aircraft near its border with Ukraine. UPI
Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files has FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino contemplating resigning from his position, according to several news reports. UPI
VOA VIEW: The truth is yet to come.
Protesters rallied outside the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem Friday, calling for an end to American support of Israel amid that country's continued war against Hamas in Gaza. UPI
VOA VIEW: Fools!
T-Mobile announced it will scrap its diversity, equity and inclusion policy on Friday, while it awaits Federal Communications Commission approval to buy U.S. Cellular for $4.4 million. UPI
VOA VIEW: Good, DEI is bad.

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     The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Mexican government's lawsuit against major U.S. gun manufacturers, delivering a win for the firearms industry in a test of a federal law that shields them from civil suits.  The SC made the correct decision.

     The high court unanimously rejected Mexico's arguments that its effort to hold firearms makers accountable for the violence wreaked by drug cartels armed with their products should proceed because it satisfied an exception to the liability shield provided through the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, or PLCAA.

     In the case known as Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Mexico had argued that gun manufacturers are knowingly aiding and abetting the unlawful sale of their firearms to straw purchasers, who are trafficking them across the southern border to give to drug cartels.

     But the justices said that because Mexico's complaint does not plausibly allege that the gunmakers criminally aided and abetted retail dealers' unlawful sale of weapons to Mexican traffickers, it is barred by PLCAA. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion for the court, writing that Congress enacted the law to prevent lawsuits like Mexico's. 

     "The predicate exception allows for accomplice liability only when a plaintiff makes a plausible allegation that a gun manufacturer 'participate[d] in' a firearms violation 'as in something that [it] wishe[d] to bring about' and sought to make succeed," she wrote. "Because Mexico's complaint fails to do so, the defendant manufacturers retain their PLCAA-granted immunity."  

     David Pucino, legal director and deputy chief counsel at GIFFORDS Law Center, said that while the Supreme Court's decision ends Mexico's lawsuit against gun manufacturers, it doesn't affect the ability of gun violence prevention groups from holding law-breakers accountable.  "The justices did not give the gun industry the broad immunity it sought. Instead, they reaffirmed that the victims of gun industry misconduct can hold lawbreakers accountable in court," he said in a statement. "All survivors, in the United States, in Mexico, and anywhere else, deserve their day in court, and we will continue to support them in their fight for justice."

     Between 200,000 to 500,000 American-made firearms are trafficked into Mexico each year, a pipeline that's become known as the "iron river." Nearly half of all guns recovered at Mexican crime scenes are manufactured in the U.S., according to data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.